Hold one picture for this word: the big block of seats along the side of a sports ground, rows climbing up behind each other, a roof over the top, every seat facing the action. Three things come off that one picture. The building itself. The crowd packed inside it, close enough that you can see their faces. And the view from up there, which is the best view in the place. Once you can see the crowd, the last use follows easily: someone who is performing for those faces instead of getting on with the job is said to grandstand.
From the word’s history
The word is simply grand plus stand: the grand — big, impressive — stand where people sit or stand to watch.
這個字就是 grand（大的、氣派的）加上 stand（看比賽的台子）：場邊最氣派的那座看台。今天所有用法都還看得見這個組合。
Wiktionary entry for grandstand (kaikki snapshot 3f6f69a190036ae4), etymology_text: “From grand + stand.”
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
grandstandnoun/ˈɡɹæn(d)stænd/
- 1
The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.
- 2
The audience at a public event.
grandstandverb/ˈɡɹæn(d)stænd/
- 1
To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd.
- Many politicians prefer to grandstand on hot-button issues rather than enact tough policy changes.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。